Birth Name: Georgia Totto O’Keeffe
Date of Birth: November 15, 1887
Place of Birth: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Death: March 6, 1986
Place of Death: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish
*maternal grandfather – Hungarian
*maternal grandmother – Dutch, English, smaller amounts of Frisian, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Swiss-German, and German
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American modernist painter and draftswoman.
Georgia was the son of Ida Ten Eyck (Totto) and Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe. She was married to photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz, until his death.
Georgia’s paternal grandfather was Pierce O’Keeffe (the son of Michael O’Keeffe and Judith McCarty). Pierce was Irish, born in County Cork.
Georgia’s paternal grandmother was Catherine Mary Shortall (the daughter of Patrick Shortall and Mary Cass). Catherine was Irish. Mary was born in Kilkenny, the daughter of John Cass and Catherine Murphy.
Georgia’s maternal grandfather was named George Victor Totto. George was born in Hungary.
Georgia’s maternal grandmother was Isabella Wyckoff (the daughter of Charles Wyckoff and Alletta Maria Field). Isbella was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or New York City, New York, and had deep American roots, particularly Dutch and English ancestry. Charles was born in New York, New York, the son of Abraham Wyckoff and Isabella Dunham. Alletta was born in Bound Brook, Somerset, New Jersey, the daughter of John Field and Ida Ten Eyck.
Sources: Genealogies of Georgia O’Keeffe – https://famouskin.com
https://www.geni.com
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